Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cut' occurs 416 times in the standard works.

103 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cut' in the standard works and contain 24.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

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Micah 5:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 21:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Zech. 11:8-10 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 42:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 47:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Josh. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 18:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 22:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 38:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 50:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 7:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 17:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 13:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 15:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 20:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 6:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Sam. 24:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

 24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.




Jer. 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:53-54 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 21:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 22:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 50:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 58:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-M 1:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 298 107 405
Gen. 2 0 2
Ex. 11 3 14
Lev. 22 2 24
Num. 8 3 11
Deut. 9 4 13
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 10 0 10
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 12 1 13
2 Sam. 4 1 5
1 Kgs. 10 1 11
2 Kgs. 10 3 13
1 Chr. 3 3 6
2 Chr. 12 3 15
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 15 3 18
Ps. 28 27 55
Prov. 4 1 5
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 25 4 29
Jer. 26 14 40
Lam. 3 5 8
Ezek. 20 18 38
Dan. 6 0 6
Hosea 3 1 4
Joel 3 1 4
Amos 5 0 5
Obad. 4 0 4
Micah 5 2 7
Nahum 5 0 5
Hab. 1 1 2
Zeph. 6 0 6
Zech. 15 2 17
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 22 51 73
BM 72 60 132
DC 20 17 37
PGP 4 17 21
TOTAL 416 252 668

1 Sam. 2:31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

1 Sam. 2:33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

1 Sam. 5:4
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

1 Sam. 17:51
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Sam. 20:15
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

1 Sam. 24:4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

1 Sam. 24:5
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

1 Sam. 24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

1 Sam. 24:21
Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

1 Sam. 28:9
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

1 Sam. 28:18
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

1 Sam. 31:9
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.